What is it about?
When police officers think someone poses a danger, they can refer the case to a threat assessment service for assessment and guidance. Most cases referred for threat assessment involve domestic violence. Threat assessors commonly use domestic violence risk appraisal tools but it's not known whether these tools are of any use in high risk cases. We tested the ODARA, the SARA-V2, the SARA-V3, and the B-SAFER in 247 threat assessment cases. The ODARA predicted domestic violence recidivism, as did the SARA-V2.
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Why is it important?
Threat assessment is very resource-intensive service provided by highly qualified personnel, and it's important to spend time and effort on effective assessments. These results support the use of the ODARA and SARA-V2 to assess risk of domestic violence in threat assessment cases, but other tools were not supported.
Perspectives
This is the second article from a project on domestic violence cases in a specialist threat assessment service. It was great to work with Dr. Sandy Jung and her team. Look out for more studies from the Optimizing Risk Assessment in Domestic Violence project.
Dr N Zoe Hilton
University of Toronto
Read the Original
This page is a summary of: Predicting Recidivism in a High-Risk Sample of Intimate Partner Violent Men Referred for Police Threat Assessment, Criminal Justice and Behavior, January 2023, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/00938548221143535.
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Resources
Domestic Violence Risk Assessment Research Lab
Check out more research on domestic violence risk assessment.
Domestic Violence Risk Assessment: Tools for Effective Prediction and Management
The second edition of this authoritative text helps professionals charged with curbing domestic violence to assess and manage offenders and their risk of recidivism.
ODARA 101 online training
Find out more about the ODARA and sign your staff up for training.
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